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Historical Event on 3/2/2000

Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
12/15/1859S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
1/20/1871Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.